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Thomas & Friends
British children's television series
Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series which aired from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on The Railway Series books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Britt Allcroft. The series centers on various…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
The Railway Series
British fictional book series
The Railway Series is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by Wilbert Awdry. Awdry wrote 26 books; the final one being written in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Wilbert Awdry
British author and vicar (1911–1997)
Wilbert Vere Awdry, often credited as Rev. W. Awdry, was an English Anglican minister, railway enthusiast, and children's author. He is best remembered as the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and several other characters who appeared in his Railway Series.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
ITV (TV network)
TV network in the United Kingdom
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is branded as STV. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Day of the year
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